Hari Budha Magar

Hari Budha Magar is a Nepalese double above-knee amputee and record-breaking mountaineer. On 6th January 2026, he became the first double amputee to complete the Seven Summit challenge after climbing Mount Vinson, Antarctica’s tallest mountain. In 2017, he became the first double above-knee amputee (DAK) to summit a mountain taller than 6,000m (Mera Peak, 6,476m). Then, on May 19, 2023, he achieved the record of being the first ever double above-knee amputee to summit the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest (8,848m).

Early life Magar was born in 1979 in a village in the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal. He was born in a cow-shed at an altitude of 2,500m in a remote part of Western Nepal. He grew up in Mirul, in the Rolpa District of the Himalayas in Nepal. As a child, he had to walk 45 minutes each day to go to school and back, barefoot; at school, there were no pens or paper so he learnt to write with chalk stone on a wooden plank. He was forced to get married at the age of 11. During his teenage years, he was surrounded by the Nepalese Civil War where more than 17,000 people were killed over a period of 10 years.

Military career Magar joined the British Army via the Royal Gurkha Rifles when he was 19. He served across five continents, doing training and operations for the British Army, his roles included Combat Medic, Sniper, and Covert Surveillance, amongst other things. Kilimanjaro (5,895m), Mera Peak (6,476m), and Denali (6,190 m). He climbed Mera Peak in 2017 and became the first double above-knee amputee to ever summit a mountain greater than 6,000m. Magar was already planning to climb the mountain when the news broke. He called out the ban as discriminatory and was heavily involved in campaigning and fighting it. In 2018, after a collective effort from Hari, disability organisations and other people, the Supreme Court of Nepal overturned the ban.

In May 2023, Hari Budha Magar achieved his goal as he became the first double above-knee amputee to summit Mount Everest. Because of this he won the Pride of Britain Award for Special Recognition in 2024.

Magar's ultimate goal was to climb all 7 of the tallest peaks in the world and has achieved that in January 2026. He has become the first ever double above-knee amputee to summit the tallest mountains in each continent